Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

“This can be hugely damaging in the event of ransomware attacks, where high privileges can enable the attackers to stop or destroy backups and other security tools,” Breen said. CVE-2021-31959 affects everything from Windows 7 through Windows 10 and Server versions 2008 , 2012 , 2016 and 2019.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The majority of the most dangerous or “critical” bugs deal with issues in Microsoft’s various Windows operating systems and its web browsers, Internet Explorer and Edge. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

Phobos operation uses a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, it has been active since May 2019. They dropped hidden payloads or used internet protocol (IP) scanning tools, such as Angry IP Scanner, to search for vulnerable Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports or by leveraging RDP on Microsoft Windows environments.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

GandCrab dissolved in July 2019, and is thought to have become “ REvil ,” one of the most ruthless and rapacious Russian ransomware groups of all time. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections. Local storage prioritizes direct access, potential cost savings, and reduced reliance on the internet, yet lacks the scalability and security of the cloud.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Both involve weaknesses in Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP, Windows’ built-in remote administration tool) running on Windows 7 through Windows 11 systems, and on Windows Server 2008-2019 systems. But please do not neglect to backup your important files — before patching if possible.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Customers’ personal data should be protected by encryption when communicated between different devices over the internet. Backup personal data. Backups are an essential measure to ensure an organization can recover important business data in case of damage, loss or destruction. Log and monitor access to personal data.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

According to the experts, the SockDetour backdoor has been in the wild since at least July 2019. SockDetour serves as a backup fileless Windows backdoor in case the primary one is removed. based defense contractor’s internet-facing Windows server on July 27, 2021. based defense contractors.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Perform regular data backup procedures and maintain up-to-date incident response and recovery procedures. Isolate Internet-facing services in a network Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to reduce the exposure of the internal network [ D3-NI ]. Disable external management capabilities and set up an out-of-band management network [ D3-NI ].

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Included in this month’s roundup is something Microsoft actually first started shipping in the third week of September, when it released an emergency update to fix a critical Internet Explorer zero-day flaw ( CVE-2019-1367 ) that was being exploited in the wild. Staying up-to-date on Windows patches is good.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The November updates include patches for a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer that is currently being exploited in the wild, as well as a sneaky bug in certain versions of Office for Mac that bypasses security protections and was detailed publicly prior to today’s patches.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit with Shauna Park, channel manager at DataLocker, to discuss what’s new in the encrypted portable drive space. These drives still serve a purpose, such as transporting data from one computer to another, accessing presentations outside of the office, or as an additional backup solution.

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Webroot

AUGUST 27, 2021

Already in 2020, according to the report: 2,4000 governmental agencies, healthcare facilities and schools had been hit with ransomware $350 million had been paid out ransomware actors, a 311% increase over 2019 It was taking 287 days on average for a business to fully recover from a ransomware attack.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Ragnar Locker started its operations at the end of 2019, making it unusually long lived. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

2, 2019, this blog reported that the company — which had chosen not to pay the ransom and instead restore everything from backups — was still struggling to bring its systems back online. Disable RDP: Short for Remote Desktop Protocol, this feature of Windows allows a system to be remotely administered over the Internet.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 6, 2023

They have been around since 2019. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs; use endpoint security software that can detect exploits and malware used to deliver ransomware. Create offsite, offline backups. Detect intrusions.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2023

At Malwarebytes, we've been tracking the Snatch group since 2019. Back in 2019, the group stood out because it deployed a somewhat new technique for ransomware which forced the affected machine to reboot into safe mode without networking. Create offsite, offline backups. The group is suspected to operate from Russia.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

” Microsoft says the flaw affects Windows 10 and Windows 11 , as well as Server 2019 and Server 2022. As usual, the SANS Internet Storm Center has a per-patch breakdown by severity and impact. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches. “Test and deploy this patch quickly.”

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

Remember December of 2019? In existence since around 2007, Evil Corp malware — also known as the Dridex gang — gradually became one of the largest malware and spam botnets on the internet. When a ransomware strain is associated with a name like Evil Corp, you know there's trouble. Evil Corp returns with WastedLocker ransomware.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 5, 2022

With how vastly the internet has become embedded in our day-to-day lives, cyberattacks such as ransomware can cause costly disruptions. This is after ransomware attacks rose 500% from 2019 to 2020. In 2019, the city of Atlanta was the victim of a ransomware attack. Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) . City of Atlanta.

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Hot for Security

MAY 10, 2021

The attack, which occurred on Friday evening, caused the city’s IT security teams to shut down many of Tula’s internal systems over the weekend “out of an abundance of caution” while they worked around the clock at the weekend in an attempt to restore operations from backups.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 27, 2022

The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has warned that attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions as covert backdoors into servers. Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 automatically configure multiple Internet Information Services (IIS) virtual directories during the server installation.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The idea was that it’d be some massive blast that would take out the country’s power grid, or disable the entire internet, along with what they used to call e-commerce. SafetyDetectives reports the average cost of a ransomware-caused downtime incident has risen from $46,800 in 2018, to $141,000 in 2019, to $283,800 in 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit with Semperis CEO Mickey Bresman. Maersk’s 150 or so domain controllers were programmed to sync their data with one another, so that, in theory, any of them could function as a backup for all the others. Semperis’s solution Semperis’s solution today fully automates the AD recovery process.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

However, the company was able to restore its network from backups and no client workstations were affected during the intrusions. Those flaws have been exploited through unattended exposure through a company’s branch internet gateway.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

Between December 2019 and until February 2020, the experts observed a number of attacks between 70,000 and 40,000 on a daily basis. Below the recommendations provided by ESET on how to configure remote access correctly: Disable internet-facing RDP. The situation changed from February, when the number reached 80,000.

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DoublePulsar

JANUARY 4, 2020

A security vulnerability in a popular enterprise remote access product is being used to deliver ransomware into organisations , with targeted delivery to also delete backups and disable endpoint security controls. On 14th August 2019 somebody posted an exploit for the issue on my forum, OpenSecurity.global.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 16, 2020

For example, if your organization allows you to connect directly to your computer using RDP over the internet, then you’re essentially inviting a hacker right in through your front door to cause trouble. million instances of RDP that were open to the internet. accessing a shared drive), and other traffic through the internet (e.g.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Malicious redirects are common on the internet and behave as their name suggests. In fact, according to research by GeoEdge, malvertising drained $1 billion from the online advertising ecosystem in 2018, and 2019 totals are expected to be 20-30 percent higher. So How Do I Protect My Website From Malware?

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2019

The list of flaws includes OS Command Injection, Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, Cross-site Request Forgery, Small Space of Random Values, Cross-site Scripting, Exposure of Backup file to Unauthorized Control Sphere, Improper Authentication, and Use of Hard-coded Credentials. “Prima Systems FlexAir, Versions 2.3.38

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Hackers appeared to be taking advantage of a vulnerability first published in 2019. Western Digital is asking customers to disconnect My Book Live hard drives from the internet to prevent malware from wiping them of data. Hackers appeared to be taking advantage of a vulnerability first published in 2019. AnneElizH/CC BY-SA 4.0/[link].

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The best defense and the best option for recovery will always be the availability of sufficient, isolated data backups and a practiced restoration process. However, even with the best planning, organizations can find a few users, machines, or systems that were overlooked or whose backup may be corrupted or encrypted.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

RagnarLocker started in 2019 and was responsible for numerous high-profile attacks against municipalities and critical infrastructure across the world. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Create offsite, offline backups.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Offline Backups. While virtual backups are great, if you’re not storing data backups offline, you’re at risk of losing that data. Screenshot example. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

In February 2019, cybersecurity researchers stumbled upon an unsecured public-facing database that exposed over 800 million email addresses and associated personally identifiable information (PII), including names, gender, dates of birth, phone numbers, IP addresses, job titles and employers. In short, Verifications.io

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2019

I had a chance at RSA 2019 to visit with company founder and CEO Balaji Parimi. In February, an intruder obtained high enough access to delete 18 years works of customers emails, along with of the all backup copies. Every file server is lost, every backup server is lost,” the company Tweeted at the time. Every VM is lost.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Notably, no other intelligence was shared until 2021, which led us to speculate on a possible shift by the threat actor to more fileless/LOLBINS techniques, and the use of known/common offensive tools publicly available on the internet that allows them to blend in. We’ve barely seen Explosive RAT since 2019. PathProcess.

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